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Top female golfers heading to Ja ... Trelawny Stadium stands to benefit
BY KAYON RAYNOR Senior staff reporter raynork@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, October 23, 2009
SPORTS Minister Olivia Grange yesterday announced that Jamaica will be hosting a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament next year.
"In April next year, from the 14th to the 16th, Jamaica will host for the first time the top 16 female golfers in the world," Grange disclosed at yesterday launch of the ninth Reggae Marathon at the Altamont Court Hotel in New Kingston.
"It is coming with a TV package as well because the arrangement that they have is that it's not going to just be a golf tournament that carries a purse of US$1 million, but it's a 'made for TV' production which will be carried on CBS and on ESPN right across the world," Grange said.
The LPGA, which was founded in 1950, is an American organisation for female professional golfers.
Based in Florida, the LPGA runs a series of weekly tournaments for the world's elite female players, between February and December each year.
"It is intended... to be an annual event. Why we have gotten it is because Jamaica is centre stage and the world wants to identify with Jamaica," Grange added, noting that the Trelawny Stadium also stands to benefit from the golfing venture.
"They (principals) have decided to partner with me on the Trelawny Stadium. One of the first things that they are committed to do is assisting us with getting the lights in.
"Once the lights are in (installed), we can do 20/20 cricket and the lot of activities," she explained.
"So we've been working on it for months and we now have reached the point where the LPGA has signed off, and it's one of the LPGA calendar events," Grange added.
Quizzed about the financial rewards Jamaica stands to gain, the minister replied: "I don't want to mention a figure yet... they are sourcing the lights and comparing quotes and comparing the equipment; the service they would provide and the long-term warranties and so on," she said.
"Once they have negotiated, I can say to the figure, although without their involvement the figure would be much more," she reasoned.
A time-line was not disclosed for the instalment of the lights at the Trelawny Stadium, which was constructed ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
BY KAYON RAYNOR Senior staff reporter raynork@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, October 23, 2009
SPORTS Minister Olivia Grange yesterday announced that Jamaica will be hosting a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament next year.
"In April next year, from the 14th to the 16th, Jamaica will host for the first time the top 16 female golfers in the world," Grange disclosed at yesterday launch of the ninth Reggae Marathon at the Altamont Court Hotel in New Kingston.
"It is coming with a TV package as well because the arrangement that they have is that it's not going to just be a golf tournament that carries a purse of US$1 million, but it's a 'made for TV' production which will be carried on CBS and on ESPN right across the world," Grange said.
The LPGA, which was founded in 1950, is an American organisation for female professional golfers.
Based in Florida, the LPGA runs a series of weekly tournaments for the world's elite female players, between February and December each year.
"It is intended... to be an annual event. Why we have gotten it is because Jamaica is centre stage and the world wants to identify with Jamaica," Grange added, noting that the Trelawny Stadium also stands to benefit from the golfing venture.
"They (principals) have decided to partner with me on the Trelawny Stadium. One of the first things that they are committed to do is assisting us with getting the lights in.
"Once the lights are in (installed), we can do 20/20 cricket and the lot of activities," she explained.
"So we've been working on it for months and we now have reached the point where the LPGA has signed off, and it's one of the LPGA calendar events," Grange added.
Quizzed about the financial rewards Jamaica stands to gain, the minister replied: "I don't want to mention a figure yet... they are sourcing the lights and comparing quotes and comparing the equipment; the service they would provide and the long-term warranties and so on," she said.
"Once they have negotiated, I can say to the figure, although without their involvement the figure would be much more," she reasoned.
A time-line was not disclosed for the instalment of the lights at the Trelawny Stadium, which was constructed ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
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